Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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1708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2016 GLAS advance payment will issue to persons (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28720/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of the 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of the 2015 scheme year.

During the 2016 prepayment checking process issues were identified with the Commonage action.  Department officials are actively working to resolve these issues with a view to further processing the application for payment at the earliest opportunity.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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1709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact the delay is causing undue financial hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28721/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named was approved into GLAS 1 with a contract commencement date of the 1 October 2015 and has received full payments in respect of the 2015 scheme year.

During the 2016 prepayment checking process an issue presented on the computerised crosscheck of Department databases in relation to the Protection of Watercourse from Bovines actions.  My Department has reviewed the issue and the 2016 payment will be further processed with a view to issuing payment at the earliest opportunity.